Funding
24 March 2023
VC Trends Watch: Mar. 13 – 17, 2023
It’s Friday again, and another condensed rundown of noteworthy activities in the African venture capital…
Funding
24 March 2023
Market Intelligence Startup, Rwazi Raises $4M in Seed Funding Round to Provide Insights into Emerging Markets
Rwazi, a startup specializing in market intelligence, has raised $4 million in seed funding to…
Funding
24 March 2023
Kenyan Startup Tibu Health Raises Undisclosed Amount in Pre-Series A Funding Round
Kenyan startup TIBU Health has raised an undisclosed amount of pre-Series A funding to allow…
News
24 March 2023
Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures Announces $43M Venture Fund for Pan-African Startups
Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) has raised $43m as part of its fundraising for its pan-African…
News
24 March 2023
M-PESA Africa Opens a $2M Shared Service Operations Centre in Nairobi
M-Pesa Africa on Wednesday launched a Shared Service Operations Centre (SSOC) in Nairobi to oversee…
Partnership
24 March 2023
Tigo, Selcom and Mastercard Partner to Launch Online Digital Payment Solution in Tanzania
Tigo Tanzania, Selcom and Mastercard Inc. have announced a strategic partnership that will see the…
Healthcare
23 March 2023
Insurtech Startup Turaco Partners with Airtel Mobile to Launch Low-Cost Hospital Cash Insurance Product
Kenyan insurtech startup Turaco, has partnered with Airtel Mobile and Prudential Assurance to launch a low-cost…
Appointments
23 March 2023
Safaricom Appoints Fawzia Ali as New Chief Consumer Business Officer
Safaricom has confirmed the appointment of Fawzia Ali as its new Chief Consumer Business Officer. Fawzia has been…
Press Release
23 March 2023
AWS’ Famed Startup Loft Accelerator Announces its First FinTech Africa Accelerator
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing division of the world’s largest e-commerce retailer, Amazon,…
News
23 March 2023
ENGIE, CarbonClear to Finance the Access to Energy Challenges in Africa
ENGIE Energy Access — one of the leading off-grid providers in Africa, ENGIE Global Energy…